IBJJF legal techniques: ages 13 to 15

1 legal, 1 conditional and 25 illegal techniques for this IBJJF division.

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Legal (1)

Technique	Status	Note
Submissions stretching the legs apart	Legal

Depends on the event or position (1)

Technique	Status	Note
Jumping to closed guard	Depends	A serious foul for under-15 divisions and for white belts of any age (Art. 6.2.2). Juvenile blue and purple belts may jump guard. Check the event for 15-year-olds.

Illegal (25)

Technique	Status	Note
Choke with spinal lock	Illegal
Straight foot lock	Illegal
Ezekiel choke (forearm choke using the sleeve)	Illegal
Frontal guillotine choke	Illegal
Omoplata	Illegal
Triangle pulling the head	Illegal
Arm triangle	Illegal
Compressing the kidneys or ribs with the legs in closed guard	Illegal
Wrist lock	Illegal
Single leg takedown with the head outside	Illegal	Prohibited but not penalized where illegal: the referee restarts the match standing (Art. 1.3.6).
Bicep slicer	Illegal
Calf slicer	Illegal
Knee bar	Illegal
Toe hold	Illegal
Straight foot lock turning toward the foot not under attack	Illegal
Heel hook	Illegal
Locks twisting the knees	Illegal
Knee reaping	Illegal	Reaping: the thigh is behind the opponent's leg, the calf crosses over the body above the knee, and the foot passes the opponent's midline, putting pressure on the knee from outside to inside. Nobody needs to be holding the foot.
Toe hold with outward pressure on the foot	Illegal
Slam	Illegal
Spinal lock without a choke (neck cranks, twisters, can openers)	Illegal	The IBJJF table lists spinal locks without a choke. Neck cranks, twisters, and can openers aren't named, but that is the rule that covers them.
Scissor takedown (kani basami)	Illegal
Bending the fingers backward	Illegal
Throwing the opponent onto their head by the belt while defending a head-outside single leg	Illegal
Suplex landing the opponent on the head or neck	Illegal

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